{"id":48902,"date":"2022-02-02T11:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48902"},"modified":"2022-02-02T11:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:14:47","slug":"former-cop-who-struck-suspect-in-the-back-of-the-head-sentenced-to-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48902","title":{"rendered":"Former Cop Who Struck Suspect in the Back of the Head Sentenced to Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOUISVILLE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A former Louisville Metro Police Department officer was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Kentucky for using excessive force on an arrestee, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings sentenced Cory P. Evans, 34, to two years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans previously plead guilty to violating the Constitution by using objectively unreasonable force against a suspect, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

When he entered his guilty plea, Evans admitted that on May 31, 2020, while he was working as a part of the LMPD Special Response Team, he followed a group of individuals around downtown Louisville to execute arrests for unlawful assembly and violations of curfew.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cFormer officer Evans abused his authority by violently retaliating against a surrendering arrestee who had been exercising his First Amendment rights during a demonstration in Louisville, during the racial justice demonstrations in the spring of 2020,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division.<\/span><\/p>\n

At an intersection, a person in the group surrendered for arrest by getting on his knees and placing his hands in the air. <\/span><\/p>\n

While that person was kneeling in this position, Evans struck him in the back of the head with a riot stick, which created a wound on the back of the kneeling victim\u2019s head. The victim fell forward and was taken into custody by other LMPD officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n